Leaves

 I think in the past several weeks, I've blown, raked or otherwise moved my considerable weight in leaves from one portion of a yard to another across three different properties, and I think I will declare war on these deciduous sons of bitches so that I might never have to do such things again.

Did I mention that I'm also chopping a lot of them up with the lawnmower to use as mulch?

Actually, I rather enjoy that part, laughing dementedly as I mutter about life cycles and xylem and phloem and spongy mesophyll while pushing a Toro across hell's acre.

I may have timed my gas purchase for the mower exactly right, for the first time in years.  I don't like leaving my gas can over the winter in the cold weather, with quarter gallon left in the can, to mix with condensation over the winter.  I just about emptied the can into the mower's tank.  There's just a little left.  I figure I may run the mower one more time, to do one more pass over the leaves before winter settles all the way in.